Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-25

mules or donkeys but run along by the
side of the animal to keep it on the Jump
is seen wildly gestlculating and crying
out ''mula" at the top of his voice. But we
thread our way along the narrow, coral
paved streets, crowded and jostled from
time to time from the walk, which is not
much wider than forest trail. The
great wholesale stores, of which there
are some II or Is, seemed filled to over
flowing with all sorts of merchandise.
Presently the municipal building is
reached; distinguished from the others
by its greater size and number of rag
ged, barefooted soldiers keeping guard
around it. The Guzman Blanco theatre
is passed-so called in honor of the gem
tleman who is now president of the re-
public. We stroll now about the Plaza
de BOlivar-Bolivar, the Washington of
South America. We enter the public
market and withdraw again, perfectly
satisfied from the hum that ''mucho lin
qua" can be found there at any time in
case of a failure of other kinds of meat
''"''hS "iiN"Ny SOlnt Instance, i
shall not take you to the hospitals, there
are two-nOr the schools, nor the public
library, nor the foundry. nor the cocoa
nut oil factory, nor any other of the
places or marks of interest; not that it is
too warm, oh no for the weather is sim
ply delightful, charming, elegant. A
clear sky, blue sea and an invigoratino
breeze sweeping over the city from the
Caribbean to the mountains. With the
mercury ranging from 67o to 7so and
the sea breeze or land breeze steadily.
softly. tanning you with its five-or-six-
miles-an-hour movement, YOU must pro-
nounce the weather Just splendid" And
such has it been since the last of Novem-
Der. Although from November till Nav
Is said to be the dry season, showers have
fallen as often a. two or three times a
week for the past three months: and on
three or four occasions it was 80 cold I
had a great notion-providing for occa-
slons OF like nature, you know. when
repeated-of sending for plans and speci-
fications to have toboggan slide erected
just outside the town. Yet hardly think
| should enjoy ride down the incline as
much as used to enjoy those slides down
the old Seminary hill near the old district
school house in the long ago. When tel
ling me about the Middlebury toboggan
slide, its location,e etc, you forgot to state
how much fun you had, while looking on
or actually talking a hand" in the sport.
But, as Priscilla Poole Bedott used to
say when getting back from her rambling
talks, LET me see, where was L? OH"
We will go to the railroad station. We
find this to be a railway, which. when
finished. will terminate for the present,
at least. at Valencia, the capital of this
State of Carabobo; distant about Is
miles, and containing about 40. 900 nhab-
itants. 1t is being built by an English
company, as are all other railways that
are now being constructed in the coun-
try and. in all, there are are some 600 or
500 miles to be commenced this year.
Passing down the Gale de Aqua to the
Alameda, we see many women and girls
of ''mucha" diversity of color on the banks
of the river hammering or pounding some
clothes with stones. These we take to
be persons engaged in laundrying; with
their garments adjusted about their
bodies at a very respectful distance from
the surface of the running stream, or so
attired, if by any misstep they should
n l,a din ON he
of disrobing to hang their clothing on a
bush to dry could well be dispensed with
On the Gale de Lanceros we pass a large
number of oxen and mules with four
wheeled wagons and wheeled carts of
rude make on their way to the interior
with merchandise. flour, lard, kerosene,
etc. Following them is a train of 35 or
40 burros with their load of 200 or 300 lbs,
like John Browns knapsack in the song,
strapped upon their backs. In the beauti-
full little Alameda by the sea, with its
cooling fountain, its luxurant shade, it's
tropical plants and fruits and flowers we
rest at last. Reviewing, we find this city
on the Spanish main o contain about | | 900
OF lz.OOo people Witn the Germans, VINO
never expect to become citizens of the
country, constituting the business ele-
ment chiefly. We find the streets well
paved and kept in a very clearly condi-
ton. We find the people excessively po-
lite. with their hand to their hat and
'buenos das, senor' or "bucnos norches,
senorita," gliding from their tongue, with
the ''weather eye always OPEN for bust
ness. We find, though liquors of all
kinds are freely sold, and nearly every
one has some knowledge of how to drink,
that drunkenness is very rare. We find,
to our regret, that of the 20 steamers, or
thereabouts, coming to this port every
month, that only three of the number are
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